Font: Here you can change fonts, size, font color, text layout, and apply bold, italic or underline. Your devices must meet Continuity system requirements. 
To disconnect your device without using it, click the tool again. The tool may appear highlighted to show your device is connected. If both devices are nearby, click, then choose a device.
Change colors: Change the color of any shape content using this tool. Annotate, , Annotate the item by sketching or drawing on it using your nearby iPhone or iPad. Border colors: Change the color of any shape borders you might have applied using this tool. Line: Change line thicknesses applied using Preview’s tools here. Adjust Color includes adjustment sliders for exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, color temperature, tint, sepia, and sharpness. If working with images the Adjust Color tool is available in this position. Note or Adjust Color: When working with PDFs a tool that lets you add notes to documents appears here. Sign: This tool lets you sign documents if possible in the document you are using. You can edit font, size, and color using the Text Style tool to the right of this tier of the toolbar. Text: Tap this box to enter text, then drag the text to where you want it to be. This is force sensitive and lets you draw thicker shapes in reaction to the pressure of your touch. On Macs with a Force Touch touchpad, a second Draw tool appears. /edit-pdf-preview-mac-5b30e67a04d1cf00369745ca.png "annotate an image on preview for mac")
If Preview recognizes a shape you draw it will choose that instead. There is also a Loupe tool which you can use to magnify an area of your image, just drag the green handle to decrease or the blue handle to increase magnification.
Shape Tools: You can add rectangles, stars, and other shapes. Press delete to make this part of the image transparent or tap Command+C to copy your selection, making it available in Clipboard. The more you drag the cursor the more of the image will be highlighted in red to show you have selected it. Just click the area you want to select and drag your cursor. Instant Alpha: For some image types you can use this tool to automatically select the background or other objects within an image. #ANNOTATE AN IMAGE ON PREVIEW FOR MAC PDF#
When working with a PDF this becomes a rectangular selection tool. It also provides Lasso and Smart Lasso selection tools, on which more below.
The Selection Tool: This lets you choose to select an item using a Rectangular or an Elliptical tool. To start with, open a PDF in Preview, and then click on the toolbar button that looks like a pencil. This tool is not available here when working with images. In macOS, accessing an applications Markup toolbar lets you draw on and annotate images or PDF documents within the app using arrows, shapes. Text Selection: When working with a PDF a text selection tool sits at the far left. We can even change the fonts and colors but don’t have time to explain that. Choose one style by clicking on it, then when your mouse cursor is over the image again you’ll see the cross-hairs + sign. If you click the annotate button, you’ll see a set of style choices of annotations you can apply. 
Restart your Preview and you should find the annotate button is now available to draw and write notes on most image file formats. Move your mouse cursor over the Annotate button ( red circle above ) and click/drag that button to top right of the ‘Slideshow’ button landing area. How ? Click VIEW then click CUSTOMIZE TOOLBAR. Most of them are available in the Tools menu, but you can also toggle the Edit Toolbar on and off by clicking the pen icon in Preview’s main toolbar. The menu option was always gray until i found the trick: add an Annotation button to the Preview toolbar. Preview has some pretty great image editing tools, but first you need to get at them. My Preview tool would not let me edit or add further annotations to image files. If you need help annotating PDF documents, this tip is NOT for you, just re-google.
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